This award honors “companies that go beyond the norm to foster an enjoyable and meaningful work environment for their employees” as reported through the results of an anonymous employee survey.

Coming in at No. 14, IronArch is a consulting firm focused on the federal government. The company’s organic growth strategy is to take on meaningful and challenging projects that make employees feel engaged. With a distributed team working mainly on client sites, the company places a huge emphasis on communication.

The company conducts “stay interviews” that help get the pulse of employees and plot out their path forward with the company. Birthdays, employee anniversaries and new babies are celebrated, and employees come together to participate in a number of company social events, including happy hours, sporting events, picnics and charitable causes.

“Our continued placement on this list is so rewarding for the organization,” said Joe Punaro, president of IronArch. “Year in and year out, our employees say they feel valued as a person and that they enjoy the work they are doing to help our government customers. I’m proud of the work of this team and how I see us come together to get things done for our customers and our community.”

The Best Places to Work finalists were celebrated at an awards event at MGM National Harbor.